Cape Town has opened a new cycling lane which might be one of the world’s most picturesque

The City of Cape Town’s ambitious plans for creating an urban bicycle commuting destination without rival in Africa, have not always gone as planned.

The Bree Street cycling lane has inadvertently been repurposed in practice as an Uber lingering zone and overflow parking for delivery vehicles.

Undeterred the City’s latest cycling infrastructure addition is a dedicated 5.85km route between Bloubergstrand and the West Coast village of Melkbos, which is home to Africa’s only nuclear powerplant.

Running along the M14’s eastern edge, this cycling lane is 3m wide, allowing for bidirectional cycling traffic, and barriered from other vehicles by a kerb.